Feature query/request:Home button functionality (triple & quadruple clicks)

Hi all,
I severely lack the ability to bind the triple-click on the home button on my iPhone 3GS to something useful. For me, that would be to access the "add new inbox item" in Omnifocus. For others, it could be opening the voice memos app and starting to record audio. Is it possible to enable this functionality (accessing app specific functionality, with bonus points for doing this when the iPhone is locked) without resorting to jailbreak? Is this functionality something anyone else would find welcome?
Oh, and in the perfect world, a quadruple click would start a recording of audio, inside a new inbox item within Omnifocus. This is an accessibility settings that would make my iPhone and its workflow more accessible to me.

You can tell Apple your wishes directly using this link: http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html

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